Indian Classical Music and the near-absence of Harmony
A young, musically talented nephew of mine, raised a question: Why is it that…
Making Sense of Superstitions
Today, our everyday lives are fraught with some kind of larger intellectual conflict. This…
The Confusion between Liberal (Arts) Education and Liberalism
One of the problems confronting us today is the lack of an appropriate idiom…
A Response to Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s article on decolonization
Pratap Bhanu Mehta has written a thought-provoking piece on the problems with the current…
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